The GT Trailblazers 2008 Virginia ASB Program teamed up with the Potomac Appalachian Trail Club (PATC) for a number of trail maintenance projects on the Appalachian Trail (AT). PATC volunteer staff led 12 GT Trailblazers’ participants for this four-day environmental service project in the Shenandoah National Park of northern Virginia. Participants spent the final three days of the program hiking in the Shenandoah National Park.

In March 2008, Trailblazers teamed up with the Pacific Crest Trail Association for a trail construction project on the Pacific Crest Trail in the San Bernandino National Forest of southern California. Participants spent four days building trail, a day surfing, and three days backpacking on the Pacific Crest Trail.

In March 2008, Trailblazers teamed up with the Florida National Scenic Trail Association to work on improving back-country campsites along the Florida Trail. Following four days of service work along the Florida Trail, participants spent three days canoeing 34 miles on the upper Suwannee River.

In March 2007, the first ever Trailblazers Alternative Spring Break program teamed up with the Potomac Appalachian Trail Club to install 600 lb. granite steps on a steep and treacherous section of the Appalachian Trail. Participants spent the final three days of the program backpacking a 25 mile section of the Appalachian Trail in southern Maryland.